BOY, THAT WAS THE EASIEST HDD UPGRADE I"VE EVER DONE...

[GROGSTER]

Hi!

God bless Seagate.

I just added a 20GB HDD to this P100 machine(with an 8.4GB barrier), and it was SO SIMPLE!!!
Using DiscWizard, the program correctly ID'd my old 4.3GB HDD, and then printed for me, a custom install manual, telling me everything I needed to know, including pictures showing me what went were.

The program then proceeded to copy all my files from the old drive to the new drive, and made the new one bootable PLUS it installed a DDO automatically, allowing this old P100 to "See" the full 20GB of space!!!
http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif

Any other time I've tried to install a HDD(not Seagate), then you always run into problems, and most computer experts over here simply say it is easier to re-install Win from scratch on the new drive, then re-load everthing in again...
http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

DiscWizard is Amazing...


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[Paleo Pete]

Most drives come with a similar utility these days, and most work about the same. Some don't have all the bells and whistles the Seagate program has, but they do the job well. Maxtor's Max Blast and Quantum's Disk Go both work quite well. All are based on Ontrack's Disk Manager, originally a generic drive installation program. I wish my original copy and backup disks hadn't all gotten corrupted...they can't be used while write protected, and all were trashed by the same machine, which I later found out had a bad floppy drive. Write heads out of alignment...now nothing will read the floppies.

Now Disk Manager is tailored to each drive manufacturer so it sees only their drives. I can't find the original generic version anywhere. But it does make drive installations a breeze...

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[stephawey]

What is the name of your SeaGate HDD? http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif

[BigBlue66]

Hey,

I LOVE disk manager software. I refurbished an old POS 486 for the kid awhile back, (who is very new to 'puters) but only had a small harddrive to put in it.

So a couple of weeks ago, I broke down and bought a new one for him, (he will work it off this summer. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif) Anyway, I put a WD 30gb 7200rpm harddrive in the machine for him. The disk manager software made it a breeze.

I broke the harddrive up into three equal partitions. (Could have been more, but thought he would be confused enough with three drive letters. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif) Of course, the OS and everything else went on the C: drive. I edited the .ini file, can't remember which one, and assigned the swap file to the D: drive. It has nothing else on it.

Then, I used the disk manager software to copy the C: partition to the E: partition. Now I have a carbon copy of all the critical software. If something ever goes wrong enough to have to format, I can simply format and then use the disk manager software to copy back that carbon copy to the C: drive and be good to go. No more twiddling my thumbs re-loading all the software. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Cheers,

Big Blue 66

[GROGSTER]

"What Is The Name Of Your SeaGate HDD"
- stephawey

My new drive is a Seagate ST320413A, 20GB drive.
The old drive was a Seagate ST34311A, 4.3GB drive.


G.

[GROGSTER]

"What Is The Name Of Your SeaGate HDD"
- stephawey

My new drive is a Seagate ST320413A, 20GB drive.
The old drive was a Seagate ST34311A, 4.3GB drive.


G.